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No. 28. Psittacus caudacutus Pallas. 



Almost certainly J 'sit lac us jugidaris MtJLLER, 1776 (P. 

 tovi Gmelin, 1788), but no mention is made of the 

 orange spot on chin; and Surinam, if the locality is cor- 

 rectly given, is beyond the present known range of the 

 species. The expression " remigibus introrsum fuscis " 

 probably relates to the inner wing-coverts, which are con- 

 spicuously brown in this species. 

 PBrotogeris jugularis (Muller). 

 No. 43. Cuculus serratirostris Pallas. 



Some species of Trogon, probably Trogon viridis Lin- 

 x.i'.rs. 

 No. 54. Alcedo cenca Pallas. 



Clearly A. superciliosa Linn.lus, 1766. 

 Ceryle aenea (Pallas). 

 No. 55. Alcedo cristata Pallas. 



The locality cited for this species is " Cabo de goede Hoop," 

 and the species commonly known as Corythornis cyano- 

 stigma (Ruppell) is abundant there. The adult has a 

 coral red bill, but younger birds have this member nearly 

 black, as in the common Kingfisher of Europe. No 

 mention is made of the color of the bill in the description, 

 but the statement " colores fere nostratis " would indi- 

 cate that Pallas had a black-billed specimen before him. 

 If the locality were in doubt we might be justified in 

 synonymizing Pallas' bird with the black-billed Mada- 

 gascar species (Alcedo cristata Linnaeus, 1766), but 

 under the circumstances it seems best to adopt Cory- 

 thornis cristata (Pallas) for the South African bird 

 and C. vintsioides (Eydoux and Gervais) for that of 

 Madagascar. 

 No. 59. Ccrthia virescens Pallas. 



This is Ccrthia ccerulca Linnaeus, 1758; female or young. 

 Cyanerpes caeruleus (Lixxjeus). 

 No. 59*. Ccrthia collaris Pallas. 



This is probably Ccrthia chalybea Linnaeus, 1766 (not C. 

 chalybeata Linisl/eus, 1764), but the yellow pectoral tufts 

 and the narrow blue line separating the green throat from 

 the crimson band across the chest are not mentioned in 

 the description. Nor is the color of the throat specifi- 

 cally mentioned. 



